South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors

The heat is on. It’s the sweaty time of the year. I often think how great it would be if we could get a 15 minute blizzard at about 2:30 in the afternoon to be able to appreciate this heat. It would also be good to bottle 15 minutes of this heat to open up in the middle of January. I’m no meteorologist, but I predict we’ll not get that blizzard and we’ll not get 90° in January.

Our 25th Anniversary at Mt. Rushmore is nearly here. It’s my last chance to encourage all to attend. We will not be allowed to accept registrations and payment at the Memorial, so you must have them in ahead of time. See you there.

I had an interesting notification by a member surveyor of a North Dakota-South Dakota quartzite boundary monument that was relocated to the Marshall County courthouse. I have yet to determine the facts of this incident, but it will be pursued. It is not known if it was moved from its original boundary location or had already been dislocated. Either way, the Society will take the position that this monument is the property of the states and that if physically possible, it should be in its place on the state line. It might be a good time to consider a History/Preservation Committee that would deal with issues like this. Let us know if you would be interested in becoming involved with this.



		The heat is on. It’s the sweaty time of the year. I often think how great it would be if we could get a 15 minute blizzard at about 2:30 in the afternoon to be able to appreciate this heat. It would also be good to bottle 15 minutes of this heat to open up in the middle of January. I’m no meteorologist, but I predict we’ll not get that blizzard and we’ll not get 90° in January. Our 25th Anniversary at Mt. Rushmore is nearly here. It’s my last chance to encourage all to attend. We will not be allowed to accept registrations and payment at the Memorial, so you must have them in ahead of time. See you there. I had an interesting notification by a member surveyor of a North Dakota-South Dakota quartzite boundary monument that was relocated to the Marshall County courthouse. I have yet to determine the facts of this incident, but it will be pursued. It is not known if it was moved from its original boundary location or had already been dislocated. Either way, the Society will take the position that this monument is the property of the states and that if physically possible, it should be in its place on the state line. It might be a good time to consider a History/Preservation Committee that would deal with issues like this. Let us know if you would be interested in becoming involved with this.		The new website is now up. Check it out and hopefully you will find useful information on it. There are a few things that should be added. And if there are ideas or suggestions for the site, bring them to our attention. See you at Mt. Rushmore. Gary Andersh SDSPLS President 2008